edibles

10 edible plants for a formal screen

Add another dimension to your garden's
backdrop or privacy screen by selecting choosing you can also nibble at.

Regular clipping will keep a screen tighter
and more formal but reduce flowers and fruit - which could be a good thing
where a whole row of small trees or large shrubs might produce a surplus-to-requirements
harvest.

Another dark background but with a much
finer leaf that clips to very dense blocks and topiary shapes. The plant is
entirely toxic - including the seeds - except for the surrounding sweet red
flesh of the fruit.

The bay leaf equivalent of Indian cuisine.
A relative of the orange jessamine or common murraya, regular clipping will
check the red and black fruit from producing seedlings - which it would
otherwise do readily.

A southern African tree or shrub with
apricot-like fruit that is resilient in the face of dry or seaside conditions. Its
many stiff, long spines can be used to advantage where a barrier planting is
needed.

A tree from Queensland that can be trained
to a shrubby form for a screen. The snowy heads of summer flowers are a real
show and the aromatic leaves - fresh or dried - are increasingly considered to
provide cooks with the best lemon essence.

Another tree and one of the lilly pillies
now commonly using for screening, the masses of bright red summer berries can
be turned into jams and sauces. The new leaves grade through a riot of
different pink and bronze tones.

Related to the lilly pillies and found in
Indonesia, Papua New Guinea down into Queensland. The flavour of the red fruit
varies in the wild depending on the individual so check the quality of the
parent stock first.

10 edible plants for a formal screen

Add another dimension to your garden's
backdrop or privacy screen by selecting choosing you can also nibble at.

Regular clipping will keep a screen tighter
and more formal but reduce flowers and fruit - which could be a good thing
where a whole row of small trees or large shrubs might produce a surplus-to-requirements
harvest.

Another dark background but with a much
finer leaf that clips to very dense blocks and topiary shapes. The plant is
entirely toxic - including the seeds - except for the surrounding sweet red
flesh of the fruit.

The bay leaf equivalent of Indian cuisine.
A relative of the orange jessamine or common murraya, regular clipping will
check the red and black fruit from producing seedlings - which it would
otherwise do readily.

A southern African tree or shrub with
apricot-like fruit that is resilient in the face of dry or seaside conditions. Its
many stiff, long spines can be used to advantage where a barrier planting is
needed.

A tree from Queensland that can be trained
to a shrubby form for a screen. The snowy heads of summer flowers are a real
show and the aromatic leaves - fresh or dried - are increasingly considered to
provide cooks with the best lemon essence.

Another tree and one of the lilly pillies
now commonly using for screening, the masses of bright red summer berries can
be turned into jams and sauces. The new leaves grade through a riot of
different pink and bronze tones.

Related to the lilly pillies and found in
Indonesia, Papua New Guinea down into Queensland. The flavour of the red fruit
varies in the wild depending on the individual so check the quality of the
parent stock first.